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(Students Worksheet)

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PHONETICS
http://www.cambridge.org/elt/resources/skills/interactive/pron_animations/index.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=580zORPK98A

Listen and count the number of syllables.

1 syllable 2 syllables 3 syllables 4 syllables 5 or +

Here are some transparent words from the recordings (= similar to French )

Listen and count the number of syllables. Then listen again and circle the stressed
syllable.

nation - national - human - elect - accept example United direct election constitution - accessible -
universal - presidential vote marry important- democracy - government natural protect person
citizen - republic dignity - equality - responsibility individual - member candidate - justice - campaign
education basic represent general- treated reason racism military oppression change ignore-
fundamental racial maintenance activity primary technical pretend violate exist prison -reason
Complete some basic rules (rgles de base) :

Lorsquun mot a 2 syllabes ou plus, lune de ces syllabes est .. , cest--dire prononce plus
. et plus .. . On parle d .. tonique ( word stress en anglais) qui
est reprsent par ce symbole : EX : human

Rgle N 1 : Avec les Noms et Adjectifs de 2 syllabes, laccent tonique est normalement sur la .. syllabe,
comme dans : HU-man / PRE-sent /

Rgle N 2 : Avec les Verbes de 2 syllabes, laccent tonique est normalement sur la .... syllabe,
comme dans : pre-SENT / di-RECT/ / de-CIDE / .......................

Rgle N 3 : Les mots se terminant en ION, -IAN, - IOUS sont habituellement accentus sur la syllabe qui
le suffixe , comme dans : e-du-CA-tion / con-cen TRA-tion / per-MIS-sion
.

Rgle N 4 : Les mots finissant par IC / -ICAL sont habituellement accentus sur
syllabe, comme dans : dra- MA- tic / e-co-NO-mic /

Rgle N 5 : Les mots finissant par EE et OO sont gnralement accentus sur la .. syllabe,
comme dans : em-plo- YEE / tatTOO /

Rgle N 6 : Les mots finissant par CY , -TY, PHY - GY- TY sont gnralement accentus sur lavant avant dernire cest--dire
sur la . syllabe en partant vers la fin , comme dans : res-pon-si-BI-li- ty /
.

Now, heres a list of transparent words from the recordings written in phonetic
transcript. Can you identify the word behind the sound symbols?

a- /(r)tk()l /

b- /deklre()n/

c- /pblk/

d- /rld()n/

e- /mesd/

f-/s()l/

g-/tend/

h-/dfrnt/ .

i- /edjke()n/ .

k-/kmjunke()n/

l- /rkwa(r)mnt/

m-/ksesb()l/
THE SOUND Schwa
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/features/schwa/index.shtml

http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/pronunciation/mp4/vowel_short_5.mp4

is the name for the most common in English. It is a weak,

sound and it occurs in many words. It is often the sound in grammar

words such as (the/a ) and such as (from/to etc.)

The phonemicfor this sound is / / .

The sound schwa does not only represent a single. In some words it is the
of several letters or even a whole

Remember the schwa sound is only used if the syllable which it is in is not

Listen to this example, the schwa sounds are underlined :

This present is for my brother. It's a book about a boy wizard.

Exercise 1
Look at the words below and decide where in the word the schwa sound occurs.
Underline and/or write the schwa symbol over the correct part of the word .

One word has two examples of schwa. All the others have only one.

doctor banana t o mo r r o w difficult s u mme r level

protect survive pupil bicycle me a s u r e wizard

Exercise 2
In this exercise, look at these sentences and decide where the schwa sound occurs. It may occur
more than once in each sentence. The minimum number of schwas in a sentence is 1,the maximum 7.

1.Its for you

2.It takes a lot o f t ime

3 . Ho w about a cup of tea?

4 .W h a t a r e y o u d o i n g t o n i g h t ?

5. Wh a t t ime will you a r r i v e at Victoria?

6.I was going to tell you


SHORT AND LONG VOWEL SOUNDS!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/

A- Listen to some words, then write down the words from the box under the symbol
corresponding to the pronunciation of the vowel sound.

// // // /e/ // // /a:/ /:/ // // //

B- Write down the words you will hear under the symbol corresponding to the pronunciation of
the diphthong sound.

// /e/ // // // // // //

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